Over a 15-year period starting in 1987, the Japanese government undertook one of the most ambitious privatizations in history, moving its most heavily traveled railways from public ownership into ...

Japanese eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) maker SkyDrive has ended the summer on a high note by completing a successful Series C funding round and welcoming an important investor, Osaka ...

OSAKA--Osaka Metro Co.’s first new subway train since privatization features a futuristic octagonal front face covered by a large sheet of glass with light-emitting diodes embedded in four corners.

Japanese transport officials in Osaka have shut down a foreign language website for the city’s subway system after a string of hilariously garbled lost in translation phrases went viral on social ...

OSAKA -- A crack has been found in the undercarriage of an Osaka subway train car, its operator said on Aug. 31. The announcement comes after cracks were found in the undercarriages of Osaka-based ...

The World Exposition in Osaka was disrupted by a subway system malfunction late Wednesday that left many people stranded inside the venue well into the night and caused the opening to be delayed the ...

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business after he posted a piece of paper that read “I planted a bomb” in the toilet of a station ...

OSAKA -- Osaka Metro Co. unveiled an automatic face recognition ticket gate designed to allow passengers to pass without carrying tickets or commuter passes at a station in this western Japan city on ...

Visitors wait in line for taxis in front of the entrance gate of the World Exposition in Osaka on the night of Aug 13, 2025, after services were suspended on the Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers ...